Tonk's thoughts about toys and action figures by Tonk

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Restoration and Repairs

It's about time I pulled my finger out and got more active on YouTube so here's my first attempt at an instructional video. It is a visual guide to upgrading the wheels on your mainline Hot Wheel. Check it out... Continue Reading →

It appears I've become somewhat addicted to taking the wheels off little cars and putting them on other little cars. Sometimes I even strip the paint off said little cars and re-paint them. Sometimes I just leave them stripped. That's... Continue Reading →

Tampographs are the small printed graphics that are applied to die-cast cars during the production process. They are essentially stamped onto the painted body and allow the manufacturers to apply much more detail to a car without using expensive paints.... Continue Reading →

'Chrome' or vac-metal finishes on plastic looks great and can provide the illusion of real metallic parts to accent the colour scheme of your favourite toy. But as anyone who has owned a toy with vac-metalised parts would know: the... Continue Reading →